With unemployment rates at nine percent in Santa Barbara County, Rizzoli’s Automotive is inviting the community to help the hungry and homeless by contributing to the shop’s food-collection program.
What started three years ago as an annual holiday food drive to benefit local food banks is now an all-year, all-out effort to help keep the banks in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties full. In 2009, Rizzoli’s collected a total of 1,805 pounds of food at its Santa Maria and San Luis Obispo locations.
Rizzoli’s will deliver all donations to the San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara County Foodbanks. To show its appreciation for contributors, Rizzoli’s will give out certificates for $5 off service or repairs, which can be used at either location.
Non-perishable food items of any size can be dropped off at Rizzoli’s Automotive at 1149 W. Tama Lane off Skyway Drive in Santa Maria and at 2584 Victoria Lane in San Luis Obispo.
For more information, call Kyle at 541-1082 or 922-7742, or visit rizzolisautomotive.com.
This article appears in Feb 18-25, 2010.